Look up: clearance

1. clearance
   Type: Term Pronunciation: klēr′ants Definitions: 1. Removal of a substance from the blood, by renal excretion, expressed in terms of the volume flow of arterial blood or plasma that would contain the amount of substance removed per unit of time; measured in mL/min. Renal clearance of any ...
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2. Clearance
   the removal by swallowing, of substance in the mouth. Clearance is dependent on the completeness of swallowing and the rate of flow of saliva.
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3. clearance
   [n] - the distance by which one thing clears another 2. [n] - permission to proceed
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4. Clearance
   The distance or angle by which one object or surface clears another.
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5. Clearance
   The spacing, in air, between circuit elements intended to be isolated from one another
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6. clearance
   a) of a rotary cutter or a circular-saw tooth, the angle, measured in the plane of rotation, between the initial bevel or the back bevel (for cutters),or the top or back bevels (for saws),and a line tangent to the cutting circle through the cutting edge; b) of a band saw, web saw, or orthogonal cutt...
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7. Clearance
   Clear'ance (- a ns) noun 1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance . 2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail. « Every ship was subject to seizure ...
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8. clearance
   1. The process of clearing. ... 2. <physiology> The rate at which a substance is removed from the blood. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. clearance
   noun permission to proceed; `the plane was given clearance to land`
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10. clearance
    noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
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11. clearance
    (klēr´әns) the act of clearing; specifically, complete removal of a solute or substance from a specific volume of blood per unit of time by processes such as hepatic clearance, renal clearance, or hemodialysis.
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12. Clearance
    • (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages. • (n....
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13. clearance
    (from the article `gasoline engine`) ...head. The volume at top dead centre (VTDC) is the volume occupied when the piston is closest to the cylinder head; the distance between the piston ...
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14. clearance
    the process of clearing; the rate at which a substance is removed from the blood.
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15. Clearance
    The process by which a vehicle reviews an advertisement for legal, ethical, and taste standards, before accepting the ad for publication.
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16. clearance
    The conclusion of an exchange of securities. (See settlement)
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17. clearance
    Clearance is the process of transmitting, reconciling, and in some cases, confirming payment orders or security transfer instructions prior to settlement, possibly including the netting of instructions and the establishment of final positions for settlement. In the context of securities markets, this process is often referred to as clearance....
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18. clearance
    the term `clearance` has two meanings in the securities markets. It may mean the process of calculating the mutual obligations of market participants, usually on a net basis, for the exchange of securities and money. It may also signify the process of transferring securities on the settlement date....
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19. clearance
    the distance between two conductive parts along a string stretched the shortest way between these conductive parts
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20. clearance
    the shortest distance through air or through an insulating fluid or semi-fluid between two conductive parts NOTE - This distance can be measured along a string stretched the shortest way between these conductive parts.
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21. Clearance
    (medicine) In medicine, the `clearance` is a measurement of the renal excretion ability. Although clearance may also involve other organs than the kidney, it is almost synonymous with `renal clearance` or `renal plasma clearance`. Each substance has a specific clearance that depends on its fi...
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